2005–06 UEFA Champions League

2005–06 UEFA Champions League

The final was played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
Tournament details
Dates	13 September 2005 – 17 May 2006 (competition proper)
Teams	32 (group stage) 74 (total)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	294 (2.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andriy Shevchenko (9 goals)

The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992. 74 teams from 50 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 12 July 2005.

The tournament ended with a final between Arsenal and Barcelona at Stade de France, Paris, on 17 May 2006. Barcelona won 2–1 with Juliano Belletti scoring a late winner. Arsenal had taken the lead through a Sol Campbell header in the 37th minute, despite Jens Lehmann being sent off in the 18th minute. Samuel Eto'o brought Barcelona back on level terms in the 76th minute before Belletti scored the winner five minutes later.

The defending champions Liverpool were eliminated by Benfica in the first knockout round.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Title-holders Liverpool, as well as 23 league champions from countries ranked 27 or lower on the 2004 UEFA ranking, were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the second qualifying round. Though they finished fifth in the Premier League in 2004–05 (usually only four English teams are allowed in), Liverpool were granted a special exemption by UEFA as the holders, whereby they were placed into the first qualification round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levadia Tallinn	1–2	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	0–2
Kairat Almaty	3–4	Artmedia	2–0	1–4 (aet)
Neftchi Baku	4–1	FH	2–0	2–1
Rabotnički	6–1	Skonto	6–0	0–1
Dinamo Minsk	1–2	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–1	0–1
Sliema Wanderers	1–6	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–4	0–2
HB	2–8	FBK Kaunas	2–4	0–4
Liverpool	6–0	Total Network Solutions	3–0	3–0
Haka	3–2	Pyunik	1–0	2–2
Gorica	2–3	KF Tirana	2–0	0–3
Glentoran	2–6	Shelbourne	1–2	1–4
F91 Dudelange	4–1	Zrinjski Mostar	0–1	4–0 (aet)

Second qualifying round

The 12 winners from the first qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 17–26, and six second–placed teams from countries ranked 10–15 were drawn against each other and played two matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the third qualifying round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FBK Kaunas	1–5	Liverpool	1–3	0–2
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–5	Brøndby	0–2	1–3
Anderlecht	5–1	Neftchi Baku	5–0	0–1
Vålerenga	5–1	Haka	1–0	4–1
Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	Thun	2–2	0–1
Anorthosis Famagusta	3–2	Trabzonspor	3–1	0–1
Artmedia	5–4	Celtic	5–0	0–4
KF Tirana	0–4	CSKA Sofia	0–2	0–2
Malmö FF	5–4	Maccabi Haifa	3–2	2–2
Shelbourne	1–4	Steaua București	0–0	1–4
Rabotnički	1–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	0–2
F91 Dudelange	3–9	Rapid Wien	1–6	2–3
Partizan	2–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	1–0
Debrecen	8–0	Hajduk Split	3–0	5–0

Third qualifying round

The 14 winners from the second qualifying round, six champions from countries ranked 11–16, three second–placed teams from countries ranked 7–9, six third–placed teams from countries ranked 1–6, and three fourth–placed teams from countries ranked 1–3 were drawn to play 2 matches, home and away, with the winners advancing to the group stage and losers advancing to the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wisła Kraków	4–5	Panathinaikos	3–1	1–4 (aet)
Real Betis	3–2	Monaco	1–0	2–2
Vålerenga	1–1 (3–4p)	Club Brugge	1–0	0–1
Manchester United	6–0	Debrecen	3–0	3–0
Everton	2–4	Villarreal	1–2	1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta	1–4	Rangers	1–2	0–2
Steaua București	3–4	Rosenborg	1–1	2–3
Rapid Wien	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	1–0
Artmedia	0–0 (4–3p)	Partizan	0–0	0–0
CSKA Sofia	2–3	Liverpool	1–3	1–0
Sporting CP	2–4	Udinese	0–1	2–3
Malmö FF	0–4	Thun	0–1	0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Internazionale	0–2	1–1
Basel	2–4	Werder Bremen	2–1	0–3
Brøndby	3–5	Ajax	2–2	1–3
Anderlecht	4–1	Slavia Prague	2–1	2–0

Group stage

Rapid

Anderlecht

Brugge

Sparta

Chelsea

Arsenal

Liverpool

Man. United

Betis

Villareal

Real Madrid

Barcelona

Lyon

Lille

Bayern

Schalke

Bremen

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos

Juventus

Milan

Internazionale

Udinese

PSV

Ajax

Rosenborg

Benfica

Porto

Rangers

Thun

Artmedia

Fenerbahçe

Location of teams of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and 6 second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams each. Normally two teams from the same association cannot be drawn in the same group. However, because of the abnormal qualification of Liverpool as title holders despite not having finished in the top four of the English league, Liverpool were not given "country protection" in the draw for the group stages. In the event they were drawn in the same group as Chelsea. The top 2 teams in each group advanced to the Champions League knock-out stage, while the third-placed teams advanced to the Round of 32 in the UEFA Cup.

Tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[1]

1. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
2. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
3. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
4. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
5. Total goals scored in all group matches.
6. Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.

Real Betis, Villarreal, Udinese, Thun and Artmedia made their debut appearance in the group stage.^[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the first knockout round
Teams that progressed to the UEFA Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Juventus 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Bayern Munich 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 Rapid Wien 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0

BAY BRU JUV RAP Bayern Munich – 1–0 2–1 4–0 Club Brugge 1–1 – 1–2 3–2 Juventus 2–1 1–0 – 3–0 Rapid Wien 0–1 0–1 1–3 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Arsenal 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 16 Ajax 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 Thun 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 Sparta Prague 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2

AJA ARS SPR THU Ajax – 1–2 2–1 2–0 Arsenal 0–0 – 3–0 2–1 Sparta Prague 1–1 0–2 – 0–0 Thun 2–4 0–1 1–0 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Barcelona 6 5 1 0 16 2 +14 16 Werder Bremen 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Udinese 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7 Panathinaikos 6 1 1 4 4 16 −12 4

BAR PAN UDI BRM Barcelona – 5–0 4–1 3–1 Panathinaikos 0–0 – 1–2 2–1 Udinese 0–2 3–0 – 1–1 Werder Bremen 0–2 5–1 4–3 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Villarreal 6 2 4 0 3 1 +2 10 Benfica 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 Lille 6 1 3 2 1 2 −1 6 Manchester United 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6

BEN LIL MU VIL Benfica – 1–0 2–1 0–1 Lille 0–0 – 1–0 0–0 Manchester United 2–1 0–0 – 0–0 Villarreal 1–1 1–0 0–0 –

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 4 6 −2 10 Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Fenerbahçe 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4

FEN MIL PSV SCH Fenerbahçe – 0–4 3–0 3–3 Milan 3–1 – 0–0 3–2 PSV Eindhoven 2–0 1–0 – 1–0 Schalke 04 2–0 2–2 3–0 –

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Lyon 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Rosenborg 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4

OL OLY RM ROS Lyon – 2–1 3–0 2–1 Olympiacos 1–4 – 2–1 1–3 Real Madrid 1–1 2–1 – 4–1 Rosenborg 0–1 1–1 0–2 –

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Liverpool 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 Chelsea 6 3 2 1 7 1 +6 11 Real Betis 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 7 Anderlecht 6 1 0 5 1 8 −7 3

AND CHE LIV BET Anderlecht – 0–2 0–1 0–1 Chelsea 1–0 – 0–0 4–0 Liverpool 3–0 0–0 – 0–0 Real Betis 0–1 1–0 1–2 –

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Internazionale 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Rangers 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7 Artmedia 6 1 3 2 5 9 −4 6 Porto 6 1 2 3 8 9 −1 5

ART INT POR RAN Artmedia – 0–1 0–0 2–2 Internazionale 4–0 – 2–1 1–0 Porto 2–3 2–0 – 1–1 Rangers 0–0 1–1 3–2 –

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Real Madrid	0	0	0
	Arsenal	1	0	1
							Arsenal	2	0	2
							Juventus	0	0	0
	Werder Bremen	3	1	4
	Juventus (a)	2	2	4
													Arsenal	1	0	1
												Villarreal	0	0	0
	Ajax	2	0	2
	Internazionale	2	1	3
							Internazionale	2	0	2
							Villarreal (a)	1	1	2
	Rangers	2	1	3
	Villarreal (a)	2	1	3
																		Arsenal	1
																			Barcelona	2
	PSV Eindhoven	0	0	0
	Lyon	1	4	5
							Lyon	0	1	1
							Milan	0	3	3
	Bayern Munich	1	1	2
	Milan	1	4	5
													Milan	0	0	0
												Barcelona	1	0	1
	Benfica	1	2	3
	Liverpool	0	0	0
							Benfica	0	0	0
							Barcelona	0	2	2
	Chelsea	1	1	2
	Barcelona	2	1	3

First knockout round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	2–3	Barcelona	1–2	1–1
Real Madrid	0–1	Arsenal	0–1	0–0
Werder Bremen	4–4 (a)	Juventus	3–2	1–2
Bayern Munich	2–5	Milan	1–1	1–4
PSV Eindhoven	0–5	Lyon	0–1	0–4
Ajax	2–3	Internazionale	2–2	0–1
Benfica	3–0	Liverpool	1–0	2–0
Rangers	3–3 (a)	Villarreal	2–2	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	2–0	Juventus	2–0	0–0
Lyon	1–3	Milan	0–0	1–3
Internazionale	2–2 (a)	Villarreal	2–1	0–1
Benfica	0–2	Barcelona	0–0	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	1–0	Villarreal	1–0	0–0
Milan	0–1	Barcelona	0–1	0–0

Final

Barcelona v Arsenal

17 May 2006 20:45 CEST

Barcelona	2–1	Arsenal
Eto'o  76' Belletti  81'	Report MatchCentre	Campbell  37'

Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 79,610 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played 1 Andriy Shevchenko Milan 9 950 2 Ronaldinho Barcelona 7 1078 3 David Trezeguet Juventus 6 733 Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 6 978 5 Adriano Internazionale 5 679 Johan Micoud Werder Bremen 5 720 Thierry Henry Arsenal 5 931 Kaká Milan 5 986 9 Julio Cruz Internazionale 4 370 Filippo Inzaghi Milan 4 394 Vincenzo Iaquinta Udinese 4 434 John Carew Lyon 4 623 Peter Løvenkrands Rangers 4 656 Juninho Lyon 4 691 Source: Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 17 May 2006 (after match) (accessed 17 May 2006)

Top assists Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played 1 Steven Pienaar Ajax 4 614 Johan Micoud Werder Bremen 4 720 Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 4 980 Ronaldinho Barcelona 4 1079 5 Stefano Mauri Udinese 3 132 Nelson Valdez Werder Bremen 3 462 Dejan Stanković Internazionale 3 472 Øyvind Storflor Rosenborg 3 478 Lincoln Schalke 04 3 540 David Beckham Real Madrid 3 620 Pavel Nedvěd Juventus 3 661 Juninho Lyon 3 694 José Antonio Reyes Arsenal 3 782 Serginho Milan 3 799 Andriy Shevchenko Milan 3 951 Source:[3]

See also

• 2005–06 UEFA Cup

References

1. "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2005/06" (PDF). March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
2. "Old and new meet in Monaco". UEFA.com. 25 August 2005.
3. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

External links

• 2005–06 All matches – season at UEFA website
• 2005–06 season at UEFA website
• European Club Results at RSSSF
• All scorers 2005–06 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
• 2005/06 UEFA Champions League - results and line-ups (archive)
• 2005–06 UEFA Champions League List of participants